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, Oscheret (''pagus Oscarensis'', French ''pays d'Oscheret'') was the ''

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in the lower valley and plain of the

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. In the

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, the same region was a county (''comitatus'') of the

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.Thatcher, Oliver J., and Edgar H. McNeal. ''A Source Book for Mediæval History: Selected Documents Illustrating the History of Europe in the Middle Age''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

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Counts of Oscheret

The county of Oscheret gained prominence in the 9th century under the leadership of Count Anscar.Previté-Orton, C.W. ''The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000–1233)''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912. He was one of the key nobles in the Kingdom of Upper Burgundy and held substantial influence in the region.

Anscar and the Ivrea Dynasty

Following the political fragmentation of West Francia, Anscar of Oscheret migrated to Italy in the late 880s. He aligned with Guy III of Spoleto and was subsequently appointed Margrave of Ivrea, establishing the Anscarid dynasty.Wickham, Chris. ''Early Medieval Italy: Central Power and Local Society, 400–1000''. London: Macmillan Press, 1981. This lineage became influential in northern Italy, with descendants including Berengar of Italy.

Ecclesiastical Significance

Beyond its secular role, Oscheret functioned as an ecclesiastical jurisdiction.Werner, Karl Ferdinand. ''Naissance de la noblesse: L’essor des élites politiques en Europe''. Paris: Fayard, 1998. It formed one of the archdeaconries of the Diocese of Chalon-sur-Saône, reflecting its religious importance in medieval Burgundy. Bouchard, Constance Brittain.Bouchard, Constance Brittain. ''Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500–1200''. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.

References

History of Burgundy